Oyen emergency department returns to 24-hour service

After reducing hours for the last three months due to a nursing staff shortage, Oyen's emergency department is now open 24 hours. ER hours were reduced at the Big Country Hospital in the east-central Alberta community in mid-January, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Alberta Health Services now says it has secured nursing coverage, allowing it to also re-open five of its 10 acute care beds. AHS said it continues to recruit, to fill vacancies at the facility – and it thanked the community for its patie